On the final day of the ANC National Conference, the party announced its plan to initiate and achieve land reform without compensation.
The party's economic transformation head, Enoch Godongwana, said the ANC's national executive would have to amend the Constitution to achieve this.
Prior to the announcement, there had been "fiery, tough and rowdy" disputes over land restitution; however, the plan was finally announced and received a mixed reception on social media.
While there were some positive responses to the ANC's plan on Twitter, there were equally opposing views as some South Africans felt they did not see the plan being implemented and that it was one of the party's tricks to get voters in 2019.
Here are some of the reactions on Twitter:
Will the ANC actually initiate in parliament where it matters? I believe not.
Then 2019, few months before elections, EFF will table the motion & ANC will as usual fall into the trap and reject it.
— Nanamhla (@NanamhlaM) December 20, 2017
It's official the old centralist ANC is no more... The ANC is no longer a Center Left Political Party. It has become a Neo-Nationalist, Populist Party with short term political goals... We are all in for a long two years... @MmusiMaimane@jsteenhuisen@JacksonMthembu_#ANC54
— DG Vermaak (@dgvermaak) December 20, 2017